Sediment trap



y my "4 "E 1926;

S. V. REEVES SEDIMENT zTRAP Filed July Q15, 1924 mum Z ,fr/6. L

1 N l ATTORNEY*s Patented 'May 4, 1926.

rar-fia Nr or Fre santini. v. niinviis, or Hannonriniin, NEW JERSEY.

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To @ZZ/07mm it may concern.'

vBe it known that I, 'SAMUEL V. REEVES,

a citizeno the United States, residing at jHaddonlield, county 'of Camden, State of Nen7 Jersey, have invented a new "andjuseful l'Sediment Trap, of which the following is aspeoification.

The object of Vthis inventionpis to ldei'rise a novel cl'cfns'truction and 'arran'gen'ient of a io sediment trap for hot water heating systems which can be economically manufactured and whichwill Collect and 4retain the sediment, provision being made `for draining off such sediment Awh`en"desired. lVith the above and other objeets view,

niy invention co'niprehends a novel oonstruction rand arrangementof a `sedi-nient trap. It further oomprehends fa novel sedii'nent vtrap having an inlet and anou'tlet with a y2o pluralityoit baffles therebetweemjandhaving i a sediment colleeting'jchaniberiinfdirect and preferably valve "controlled comiiiiinication Y with vthe passages between certain -or said chambers. It further I'conupreheiid s a trap of the character described wherein the y"walls of the sediment collecting chamber conv'ergeupwardly to direct tl'ievalvetowards its'sea't. Other noi'fel features of construction "and advantage 'will hereinafter more clearly appear in the detailed deseriptio'ii andthe ap' pendedfclaiins. Y For the ypurpose 'of illustrating theinv'ention, I have shown inthe accompanying I`is drawing a typicalferiibodiment 'of it, whieh,

in practice, will give ireliable andfsatisfaetoryy results. It is, however, to tbe 'under-v stood that this einbodinient is typical only and that the various instrumentalities of 40 which my invention consists, 'can be .variously arranged andorganZed, and that the invention is iiot li.iifi`ite'd'to the lprecise arrangement and organization or these instruinental'itie's as herein set `forth.

Figure l is a top plan view of a sediment trap embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a section online 2-2 of Figure 1.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings: l designates a Casting which aforms the casing of a sediment trap embodying my' in T e easing is provide with two4 openings .il and 3 respectively w ich are internal y ilk ' ly arranged water- 1 threaded "aiid'feitlier or which iseiive as the inlet or the outlet. These peniiiigsare preferably dianietrically opposite' eachother. The upper Central prtion isfpreer'ablyno'f 60 rectangular contour to provide a oomparatively wide water Chamber, 'witliin'wliioli are a plurality otbailies, and, as illustrated, I liave'sli'own 'the 4liafiles 2l, 5 and 6 th ereby forming the vert"x "llydisposed"andlparallela "ags-tw @M510 spect-ively. f The bottoms of tl'ies'e passa-ges are preferably curved and 'juxtaposed epassages cominunicate with eabh other leither attheirtopor at their ibottoin. As "illustrated and jinoiie e niboclirnent of the invention, the battles 4 and B 'teriiiinate a`desire`d/distanoe .the top;wall ll1, land the intermediate 'battle 5 terminates de- The hliarnber 13 edminuni'oatesby 'means of tion forming a'seat l@ for` a valve 17,1preferablyiin'the ball walls 80 o'fihe seine/:alchimieemerge einem@ towards the se'at 11@ l liowii at 18 so that the tendency oiu the valve ll'is to inove towards The easing i9 o fjtiie geiiaieiirieiiaihter is 85 preferably rounded as shown and at bot- @om in alignment with #hasta .las rilana'ge outlet 20, which is ofgreaterfdiaiiieter :than the Valvelin order that such Av al'v'ecan b e inserted. into and removedffroih the D0 chamber l5. This Youtlet is 'provided passage 8 around the baffle 8, upwardly 105 e through the passage 9 over the balile 6 and downwardly through the passage l0 to the outlet 3. The sediment and foreign material carried by the Water passes into the chamber 13 and into the port1 14e; and gradually Works 110 by the yalve 17 Vandds collected in tlif sedi ment chamber la The speeie' gravity o.

. to the sediment receiving chamber 15.

nearly all oit the sediment is greater than that of the water and more sediment is deposited or precipitated in a given number` of inches of vertical travel than would be possible in the horizontal travel of the water over the same distance. Vhile I preferably employ the valve 17, this can, if desired, be omitted.

1n practice the passages or chambers 7, 8, 9 and 10 are substantially the same in height. as in width.

The curvature or inclination of the upper wall of the sediment chamber is such as to cause the ball to rest against the seat 16.

As the pressure is equal on all walls ot' a vessel, the ball lioat will, when the water is agitated by thermostatic pressure, prevent the sediment being carried up into the circulating chamber, thereby preventing the discoloration of the water.

The agitating of the water, when boiling, causes'sutficient movement of the ball valve to permit the precipitation of the sediment The valve iloat may be made solid or hollow and of any material which is lighter than water.

The drainage outlet can lead to any desired point of discharge, and the controlling valve can be on the bell casing 19, the tit ting 21 or the discharge line for the drainage.

Whenever circumstances require, the valve, can be opened and the sediment drained oil".

The entire trap, except the valve and the closure for the sediment chamber, is preterably cast in a single casting.

It will be apparent to those skilled in this art that my present invention takes up but a minimum space and can be very economically manufactured. lt can also be installed by unskilled labor as it can be placed in the water line with either a right hand or a left hand arrangement, since it is immaterial whether the opening 2, for example, serves as an inlet or an outlet.

It will also be apparent that any desired number of ballles may be employed between the intermediate baille and the inlet and the outlet, and thus increase the length of travel of the water. The casing which contains the circulating chamber' may also be extended in height or in width or both, as occasion may demand. The baliles are preferably vcrtically disgposed, or they may extend at any desired angle relatively to the direction oi flow through the inlet and the outlet, or with respect to the bottom of the circulating chamber.

It will now be apparent that I have ldevised a new and useful sediment trap for hot water heating systems which embodies the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description, and while I have, in the present instance, shown and described a preferred embodiment thereof which will give in practice satisfactory and reliable re sults, it is to be understood that this einbodiment is susceptible of modification in various particulars without departing from the spirit or scope of the invent-ion or sacriiicing any o its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A sediment t'ap comprising a casing having openings at opposite sides, either ot which may serve as an inlet, and havingan internal chamber forming a circulating chamber in communication with said openings i and separated by ballies extending upwardly above said inlet and outlet and by a battle eX- tending downwardly, said baffles forming a plurality ot vertically disposed communicating passages in said circulating chamber, said casing having a sediment chamber below said circulating chamber and communieating therewith, and provided with adrain age outlet, and means to control said outlet.

2. A sediment trap comprising a casing having an inlet and an outlet, and having a circulating chamber communicating with said inlet and outlet and formed by battles certain of which extend from the bottom of said chamber above said inlet and said outlet, said casing having a sediment chamber at its lower portion communicating by a port with said circulating chamber, the upper walls of said sediment chamber converging towards said port, and a float valve in said sediment chamber which tends to move towards said port, due to the converging walls of said sedimentchamber.

SAMUEL V. REEVES. 

